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Minnesota Census Mobilization Partnership

Fully-inclusive, Honest and Accurate Count

March, 2019

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Minnesota Census Mobilization Partnership AGENDA

ADVOCACY Federal Update State Action SPECIAL PROJECTS Legal Support ORGANIZE/MOBILIZE State Update Your Action Our MN Census Hubs

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Minnesota Census Mobilization Partnership Terri Ann Lowenthal,

Funders Committee for Civic Participation / Funders Census Initiative

Joan Naymark,

MACS 2020 (Minnesotans for the American Community Survey)

ADVOCACY Federal Update State Action

Minnesota Census Mobilization Partnership

ADVOCACY Federal Update State Action

Federal Agenda

• Use increased FY19 appropriation for

expanded field operations

• Get ready for Census Bureau 2020

appropriation to double in FY20 - $8B+

• Oppose citizenship question

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Minnesota Census Mobilization Partnership

ADVOCACY Federal Update State Action

District Meetings

• Klobuchar - March 5 @ 1pm / Minneapolis
• Smith - March 20 @ 3 pm / Saint Paul
• Hagedorn - March 27 @ 10 am / Mankato
• Craig - In process
• Phillips - March 3 @ 3 pm / Plymouth
• McCollum - April 3 @ 10 am / Saint Paul
• Omar - March 8 @ 2 pm / Minneapolis
• Emmer - March 7 @ 1:30 pm / Otsego
• Peterson - March 6 @ 10:30 am / Willmar
• Stauber - In process

Attend meeting or send email. Contact MACS 2020 @ joan.g.naymark@gmail.com

Minnesota Census Mobilization Partnership

SPECIAL PROJECTS Legal Support Our MN Census Plan

Keith Ellison,

Attorney General – State of Minnesota

Keaon Dousti,

Office of the Attorney General – Outreach Coordinator

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Minnesota Census Mobilization Partnership

SPECIAL PROJECTS Legal Support Our MN Census Plan

What do your communities need so they can feel safe participating in the 2020 Census?

Minnesota Census Mobilization Partnership Bob Tracy,

Director of Public Policy and Communication – Minnesota Council on Foundations

ADVOCACY Federal Update State Action

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Minnesota Census Mobilization Partnership

ADVOCACY Federal Update State Action

State Agenda

$2.5M

• Engage hard to reach households *
• Prepare for the first digital census
• Increase participation in historically

undercounted communities

• Provide shared services that all communities

can use * Apartments access initiative

Minnesota Census Mobilization Partnership

ADVOCACY Federal Update State Action

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Minnesota Census Mobilization Partnership

ADVOCACY Federal Update State Action

What you can do.

• Now - Contact the Governor & Lt. Governor
• Participate in April 1st awareness events
• Week of April 15 (TBD) - Attend Capitol Lab
• Beginning week of April 22 - Grassroots

mobilization targeting budget –

• It’s always a good time to contact your State Senator

and Representative to ask: What are you doing to prepare Minnesota for the 2020 Census?

Minnesota Census Mobilization Partnership

ADVOCACY Federal Update State Action

https://mn.gov/governor/contact/

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Minnesota Census Mobilization Partnership

ORGANIZE/MOBILIZE Census Bureau State Action Our MN Census HUC Hubs Greater MN

Minnesota Census Mobilization Partnership

ORGANIZE/MOBILIZE Census Bureau State Action Our MN Census HUC Hubs Greater MN

State and Federal Updates

Minnesota State Demographer Minnesota State Demographer

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Minnesota Census Mobilization Partnership

ORGANIZE/MOBILIZE Census Bureau State Action Our MN Census HUC Hubs Greater MN

YOUR Updates

• Break into huddle

discussion groups

• Share information

about what you are planning or currently

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Minnesota Census Mobilization Partnership

ORGANIZE/MOBILIZE Census Bureau State Action Our MN Census HUC Hubs Greater MN

Introducing Our Minnesota Census Hubs

Our MN Census Co-creators Network Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Tribal Complete Count Committee

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Find us on . . . the web 2019 Meetings

First Fridays

10 am to 12:30 pm

June 7 September 6 December 6